The present invention provides for a method to increase production of
isoprenol by a genetically modified
Pseudomonas cell, the method comprising: (a) providing a genetically modified
Pseudomonas cell comprising one or more of
heterologous genes encoding: MvaE, AtoB, MvaS, MK, PMDHKQ, AphA, and PhoA; and (b) culturing or growing the genetically modified
Pseudomonas cell in a medium to produce
isoprenol; wherein (i) the genetically modified Pseudomonas cell is deleted, knocked out, or reduced in expression of one or more of the following endogenous genes: a
gene at PP_2675 locus (or a deletion of the PP_2675 locus), phaABC, mvaB, hbdH, ldhA, gntZ, ppsA, pycAB, gltA, and aceA, and / or (ii) the medium comprises one or more amino acids that reduce the
catabolism of
isoprenol.